Three New Boar Testing Stations Will Be Built
Dr. Ralph Durham announces three new boar testing stations to be built in Iowa with capacities of 160 and 318 boars. Stations funded by banks and associations will start accepting boars in October, using standard finishing rations and measuring gain, feed efficiency, and backfat.
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Ralph Durham
Iowa Board of Regents
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Iowa, Swine Testing Association
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Two Dairy Association Events Are Announced
Iowa State Dairy Association field secretary Bill Maynard announced two events next week. Jersey Parish 7 will stage its annual show at the Knoxville fairgrounds on Monday. The Iowa Holstein Breeders plan their state picnic on Tuesday at the Ronald Chapman farm near Ruthven.
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Bill Maynard
Iowa State Dairy Association
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Iowa
Ronald Chapman
Ruthven
Meyer Named To Succeed Taylor In USDA Position
Dwight W. Meyer is named director of the food and materials requirements division at the Commodity Stabilization Service. He succeeds L. B. Taylor, who retires after 34 years in the Agriculture Department. Meyer, deputy director of the soil bank division since 1956, runs a family farm near Odebolt and has led Iowa stabilization efforts. Taylor began in 1925 with Idaho Extension work and has led the CSS division for seven years.
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Dwight W. Meyer
Commodity Stabilization Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Iowa State College
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Idaho Agricultural Extension Service
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Miss Clark Elected New Iowa 4-H Girls President
Ames Iowa AP Jan Clark 18 Bancroft was elected Thursday night as president of the Iowa 4-H girls clubs succeeding Mareena Christian La Porte City Clark has eight years in 4-H and just graduated from St John’s Bancroft Deanna Grace 17 Hampton was named vice president Judith Dean 17 Corwith secretary and Janet Hutchinson 17 Spirit Lake historian were also chosen.
Honorary 4-H Membership to Miss Rosenfeld
Louise M. Rosenfeld Iowa extension service assistant director will be named an honorary 4-H member during the state 4-H girls convention at Iowa State College. Story county 4-H girls will handle the initiation. Rosenfeld has long worked with 4-H and home economics and recently served as a consultant in Norway.
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Louise M. Rosenfeld
Iowa Extension Service
Iowa State College
Story County
Miss Rosenfeld
Farm Security Administration
Shelby County
Norway
Norwegian Home Economics Extension Service
National Shetland Pony Congress at Iowa State Fair
America's 12th National Shetland Pony Congress will be held at the 100th Iowa State Fair in Des Moines from August 23 to 31. Officials said $7,500 in cash prizes and trophies will be awarded.
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Des Moines
UPI
America
Across and Down Puzzle Clue Solutions
A compact solve of the crossword with numbered across and down clues listing short answers for Angeles Walked Stuff Mohammedan name Possess Sharpen Moral wrong Dislikes Damper South American mountains Roman bronz Operatic star Retained Corn bread Musical direction Waken Arranged gracefully Stupefied state Staten- Compass point Russian river Wiles Foundation Noahs boat Ignoring pain Laid in folds Fought Falsehood Awry Top of head Vase Russian news agency War god Obtain Scottish girl Mediev City in the Orient Opera Rant Exaggerate German article Asiatic country Cross British princess Disorder Thrifty ones Attire Asiatic nation Girls nickname Love god French father Car part Nomadic dwelling Augments Comfort Warning signal Drink of the gods Nips Assistants Go eat Roman garment Individuals Network anat. Ireland low mood Health resort
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Ninth straight year for congress at Iowa State Fair
Officials announced the event will mark the ninth consecutive congress held at the Iowa State Fair and likely be the largest in the history of the show.
Corn Detasseling Jobs Open in Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa State Employment Service in Cedar Rapids seeks workers for detasseling this summer. Interested individuals can register now. crews sign up June 26 between 8 am and 3 30 pm. Detasselers must be at least 15 and 5 ft 4 in tall. Season starts in the second week of July and lasts about two weeks.
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Iowa State Employment Service Office
Cedar Rapids
Francis Wintz
Fedeler Wins Trip To Leadership Conference
Jerry Fedeler, 15, Sumner high school sophomore, earns a trip to the American Institute of Cooperatives Rural Leadership Conference at Pennsylvania State College from August 26 to 30. He won for an essay on benefits cooperatives bring to the community, sponsored by Fredericksburg Butter and Dairy Cooperative and Farmers Cooperative Elevator. Fedeler is a Sumner FFA member and officer elect.
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Jerry Fedeler
American Institute of Cooperatives
Pennsylvania State College
Fredericksburg Butter and Dairy Cooperative
Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Federer
Sumner Ffa
Corn Export Bids Accepted by USDA This Week
The USDA reported bids accepted for 2,991,331 bushels of corn under the export program for the week ended June 13. Since the program began May 12, total volume accepted reaches 11,124,281 bushels.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Four H Girls Plan Birthday Party for Iowa State Centennial
At Iowa State College State Gymnasium a birthday party honoring the 100th anniversary of the college will be staged Friday night by 1,685 4 H club girls from Adair Webster Palo Alto Kossuth Cerro Gordo Chickasaw and West Pottawattamie counties. Frank Brandt and Mrs. Hazel Allen direct drama and speech with Betty Toman directing dances and Max Exner leading a 150 voice chorus.
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Iowa State College
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Kossuth
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
West Potta
Iowa Turkeys Hatch 193000 Heavy Breed Poult Week End June 14
Iowa turkey hatcheries produced 193000 heavy breed poults in the week ending June 14, up 1 percent from a year earlier. Egg set activity fell sharply as many hatcheries closed, signaling a shift in production.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Eee
Corn In Clayton County Beginning To Emerge
Uneven corn stands in Clayton county with germination delayed by drought at planting. Oats have started to head and producers report some silage and hay already stored.
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Clayton County
Maine Dairy Month Reflected In New England Observations
A Maine travel note connects June Dairy Month to Boston Common history and current dairy policy. The piece cites Maine dairy farmers, price fixing by the state milk commission, and debates over pricing gallon jugs versus quarts, highlighting Maine's dairy prominence in New England agriculture.
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Portland Press Herald
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George Millay
Richmond
Milk Commission
Dairy stabilization aids far-north state amid long winter
The program has stabilized the dairy industry in a state with high feed costs and a lengthy winter feeding season. It has supported dairying over several years by maintaining production and sustaining farmers through economic pressures and seasonal challenges.
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USDA Awards Contracts For Flour and Cornmeal
The U S department of agriculture awarded contracts to process about 450000 bushels of CCC owned wheat into 19673800 pounds of flour and 144000 bushels of CCC owned corn into 4495500 pounds of cornmeal for foreign donation. The flour breakdown includes 11354500 pounds all purpose flour 7293100 pounds bread flour and 1026200 pounds whole wheat flour. The cornmeal amount is 4495500 pounds. Since January one about 12300000 bushels of CCC owned wheat have been scheduled for processing into 546489100 pounds of flour and 6800000 bushels of CCC owned corn into 220035950 pounds of corn meal for USDA donation programs.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
USDA
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